Why a business degree doesn't always pay

Commercially-minded students who opt for a business degree won’t necessarily land the top jobs.

A study by researchers at Auburn University found no evidence employers prefer to interview job seekers with business degrees over applicants with non-business degrees. However, it did show that internship experience significantly improves employment prospects.

Fake CVs with a three-month internship during the summer of their penultimate year received about 14 per cent more interview requests than their counterparts.

And while the "return" to internship experience is quite large for both business and non-business majors, it is larger for non-business degree holders.